Drag for fishing-lines



,L. T. WEISS.

DRAG FOR FISHING LINES.

ARPLICATION FILED MAR.15, 1919.

1,333,691. Patented Main 16,1920.

Z Br ATTORNEYS "'dl agflwhile at; the same time the line. shall run free While beingw oundon the teel." The f V improvedv ;:dra g ispreferab1ymade; altoi'gether separate from the reeltand-may be i monnted, in substantially Tthe same manner T as the "reel itself; upon "the butt fseetion {off "the rod betweenthe ielflathdjthe; uppen; ih andle. The invention; Willibell. more fully; Qexplained hereinafter' with refe1 'ence to'ithe] 1; aoo'om'pa-nying drawing in "Wlhieh'it is v {fill 1S.-

' in the State fn ew yornxhgve: in-

1 butt sect onsof fishing rOdSQare QOmm provided'rwith 1 Clicks on frietiondevi'ces' f thegpurpose of pntting a dragnonjthez-fiel '15- taken thelhook and is niakinggoff' within-1f Suchqch-ags answer the purpose :sa-tis fa'ctov rily in fishiliglfmithei smaller fish,-sueh;g-as

,20; it fisln hsuohasitarpon andtuna; the; amount I of. dragjis s01 1giifeat ,that iffapplie'di to the "reelf mentsin D agslfoit Fishing-Linea'foiwhich;

the following isspeoifioation, reference 10 I :ing had tot-the: accompan itself throng I onthe, r'eeLis excessive ,Iffthe drag is; 3p; plied .on. the line itself;the weari.onlthe line:' his; considerable landtsmoreover the; same] amount 7 of pressure against the line on lithe;

reeL- drum. produces-aim efl'feotj -whioh Wariesi I ,with thediameterloffthe.massofii'nel nithe-y either-to the lineorftoithemel-o a ig fon'the}largen'fishesafeusuallyinoonvel a 'ofoperation, partiouliirly iinder the, stressg zl;

Vented' certain n w andflu sefullllinpnove kinking in? ,4 new .yi drawing a Fishingreels adaptedi-toibe app1ied--tojthe' ngfin the; clireetionflof he'a'rr r The utt ectioneprf tl' "Tod to; v\ 7-hichthe p ovi d t wl- M a a a. nsuaI 1.;ee1. fc and lso sh0,Wn as at'jd f'ivitha se'atfo thereception f-.;tl1e di"ag} togb'e described, theidrag havinga plate-inf V to; pe1 mitf;i;fi tojheqseeuredn eadily -to the'roct f 1- in, the manne ro'it j the ordinary. peel. The. 75 f plate isLfQifIhgdfWfih'fia oarrien plate "f 7 which gupports a spindle g, r the; latter being; oa pablefleffiendise n'ovement; but; held H fiiom rotation-1 bygal ap 1' fixedljin the-- carrier-"hearing en agin a", longitgd '11a1;,grooyfef in "the s'pindle-" gThe spindle v v V is 5fo11n1edgwith1gan integral; collar; gt; ,jand,

lBQQiYBSfiLfi one; end; .a headed jsore'w toretaih in plaoe the; pulley h; which is 'inounte'd l o ly i lra' pi dl'e: 'jAfi theb erijend th 5;,

dl'e'li's threadedtoieeive the djt ting W iQh;maybe p vide flwith qln err A"coiled pning; enoirelesih spindle ing; line, 1 that V is, of creating resistance; to the movement of the -fishwhe'n the" fish hasgv trout, bass and salmon, but for theila 'ger 111echanica1 devices 5 the ,Wear:

drum. Moieover, th'eiidragl devices of excitement when a powerful fishis-Iufli' ningioffjrapidlyl 'fThe bbjeot of this inyefi-T I tionis to" 1'ovideadrag especially adapted i for use (With the larger fishes, whiohishall' .oi'ea'te nowear either uponjthe reel'or upon the lineTand shallbe capable of being justed Ijreadily to" increase. or decrease the "Itrated, and in whioh Figure llis a view in side elevation of so? mL1C h of the butt s'ectionofa fishing rodtas ,f 7 is necessaryto enable the application ofthe], invention to he jundersto od, with thejusuall gthe'ipulley Itand*thenithfough" the '0, he

-. ;that the severaliturns of'the' line bon against-the 1 correspondingfa Ce; off-the ;oa'1'rie1' *pla-te "f, the friction. plate *bleing centrally" chambered am 74 jThepulley-hie provided"'95 with pawlsh which a e, ai dapted'to-engage 1 internalnotphes 76 4111 the rim-of the friction V plate-L Guides" m ';may. .he Secured to they;

carryiiigiplate-f andthe' line n, led forward gt'iide' m and ithe us'u'al" guides on the to "I n; th'e "operation-10f.theimpToYed drag it f V, {will be "understoodthat the-- LpulleYYh tu'rn's I 1 0 5 'With 'the movement}'ofithefline in elither-id irection' byi eason of the friotion'between t' hei'p'ulley an'd the liIlQ iIi its several tur'iis f i pedfl: it 1. 01

aboutthe pulieyj-v, The pn lley is slip toward the c entral "plane of the pulley; Whether the line be moving in one direction or injtheothery and that the turns ofthe I line do not pile up one'upon'a'nother; When thelin'e is being" reeled in the pulleyturns freely on the spindle, the pawls Z not en gagingswith the friction-plate lc so that no a, resistance isofl'e'red to the reeling in of the lineybut' when the'line is drawn out bythe fish the pa yls it; either by reason of their is drawn? more orless; closely: against a the stationary .platejand 'resistanceito its rota 'tiofn islinoreased and the drag] on theline f is-inoreasedfin proportion; there being no lslipf'of' the "turns of the l ne about. the spool inlthe direct-ion eof ther'otationy especially when the line is damp. By adjusting the Tnuti theiresistance to the' rOtation tojthe; pulley and 1 therefore the drag on the line oa111{be controlled quickly and: conveniently encefof the; user, and thatthe invention, eX- p v cept' as pointed out; 1n the accompanying- 'anclias previously, noted this is accomplished "Without fwear on the line and without wear on the reel. If open guides m are used, as theyshould be, the necessary number ofturns of the line about the pulley-can be cast on or; off quieklyso that-thegear oan berigged or unrigged conveniently Without a reference to the drag.

It will'be understood that'yariouschangesin the deta ls of construction can be made 7 to suitmdlfferentoonditions of use, the "00115 venience "of the nianufacturerjor the preferolaiins' liinited to the precise construction shown.

Ijolann as my, inventlon:

inoiinted onthe rod independently of the reeland comprising a pulley adapted to receive turns "or the line, means to support the pulley, and. deViGes to create a variable resistancejto' the rotation of the pulley in one direction and to perniit free rotation of the pulley in the op 'josite direction; i 2 A dragfor fishing lines adapted to be securedto the rod independently of the reel and comprising a" pulley adapted to receive fturns of the line, means tosupport the pulley, and means to create a varlable resistance'to t'he rotation of the pulley :in one direction and to perinitfree rotation ofthepulley in,

the opposite direction. y

'8. 'A-dragfor fishing lines adapted to be secured to the rod independently of the reeland ooinprislng a'stationary earrying'platq Q l. The combination With a fishing rod and-a reel mountedthereon, of a line drag 50 apillley adapted to receive turns of the line; 7

a friction plate, means to regulate the friction between the friction plate and the stationary plate, and devices whereby the pulley turns with the friction plate in one direction and isfree therefrom 1n the oppo site direction ofturning;

1 4:. A drag for fishing lines adapted to be i V secured to the rod independently of the reel and comprising astationary carrying plate, a pulley adapted to receive turns of the line,

afrietion plate, ineansto regulatethe friction between the friction-plate and the stasof tionary plate, and pawls interposed between V 'the pulley=and the friction plate whereby the pulley turns With the friction plateflin 'onedirectionand is free therefrom in the opposite direction ofturning;

Thisspecificationf signedthis 12th :day

' of March; A. DQ19191 

